| 单词 | indian pipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian pipe Indian pipe n. the plant Monotropa uniflora (family Ericaceae), of temperate woodlands, having a solitary drooping flower but lacking both leaves and pigment, parasitic on mycorrhizal fungi. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > parasitic plants > [noun] > monotropa genus (Indian pipe) Monotropa1753 wax-plant1801 Indian pipe1822 pinesap1824 tobacco-pipe1845 ghost plant1856 fir-rape1861 Indian pipestem1869 1822 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 3) ii. 357 Monotropa..uniflora..birds-nest, indian-pipe. 1884 ‘C. E. Craddock’ In Tennessee Mts. i. 60 The ashy Indian pipes silvered the roots of the trees. 1937 Amer. Midland Naturalist 18 953 Conspicuous flowering plants are:..Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora); Pipsisewa (Chimaphila umbellata, var. occidentalis); [etc.]. 1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) v. 372 A few genera such as dodder (Cuscuta) and Indian pipe (Monotropa) lost green pigment in the course of evolution and became parasitic. < as lemmas |
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